[Kevan]

Race results - 16th May 2024 - GP/PW F1 followed by NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge' #4
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Grand Prix & Prewing F1

   
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There were Back-to-Basics, Modified and Open class GP cars plus an Open Class Prewing F1.
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Brian’s Cartrix Lancia Ferrari has had much time put into getting it running nicely, it doesn’t get round the track as fast as his Scaley Vanwall with a slab of lead underneath but it’s a standard B2B class entry and goes well for that class.
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Kev’s little Merc W165 was built a few years ago and is his most consistent GP runner, the slab of copper sheet underneath helps a lot in corners.
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The real race was in the GP Open Class as Chris’s Maserati,, Mike B’s Merc W196  and Gav’s Lancia Ferrari (now with a sensible 22k motor instead of the 47k Falcon) looked much easier to control on the difficult Red lane but didn’t like the easy Blue lane.
Chris’s Maserati was the class car in this trio whilst Mike did a car swap between heats as his ‘this hasn’t been out for YEARS!’ Merc was suffering.
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Andy’s Ferrari 156 again chosen after testing a ‘tippy’ Alfa Romeo Bimotore.

   
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NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #4

   
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Championship battle…
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Three drivers in the championship which is shaping up nicely this year with Mike B closing in on Chris overall and Gav not far behind.
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Non-championship battle…
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This one is even closer with Andy just ahead of both Kev & Brain who are on the same points although Brian is the only ‘Challenger’ to have run all four rounds.

   

   

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Next week is Slot Rally…and we’ll have three Rally stages for the first time ever thanks to Mike B agreeing to let Carpark Chaos have a home in the club room.